[llvm] [TableGen] Support automatic type deduction (PR #109434)
Francesco Petrogalli via llvm-commits
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Tue Oct 1 16:09:17 PDT 2024
fpetrogalli wrote:
> Especially for code like:
>
> ```
> class Intrinsic<list<LLVMType> ret_types,
> list<LLVMType> param_types = [],
> list<IntrinsicProperty> intr_properties = [],
> string name = "",
> list<SDNodeProperty> sd_properties = [],
> bit disable_default_attributes = true> : SDPatternOperator {
> string LLVMName = name;
> string TargetPrefix = ""; // Set to a prefix for target-specific intrinsics.
> list<LLVMType> RetTypes = ret_types;
> list<LLVMType> ParamTypes = param_types;
> ```
>
> where param_type and ret_types have their type declared, so we can avoid repeating it again in `RetTypes` and `ParamTypes`.
When someone adds more fields before `string LLVMName`, the fields with `auto` will move further away and it will not as easy as before to know the types from the context.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/109434
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